Theater Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #70 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for theater arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 135 degrees in theater arts to qualified students.
The theater program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Theater Arts rankings. For our Best Overall Theater Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Theater Arts Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the theater degree levels they offer.
University of Missouri - Columbia is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in theater arts. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #131 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were about 16 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri State University - Springfield is a good decision for students interested in a degree in theater arts. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 37 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in theater arts needs to check out University of Central Missouri. UCM is a large public university located in the distant town of Warrensburg. This university ranks 21st out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 6 theater arts students who graduated with this degree at UCM in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The theater program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Theater Arts rankings. For our Best Overall Theater Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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